Ace-Garageguy

It was an experiment. I've wanted to use a primer that looked similar to zinc chromate on several models that would have had alloy bodies in reality. I've used a hot self-etch green primer before, and found that though it might craze terribly, it was also easy to correct with some effort. I've also seen the arguments about "red bleed" for years on all the forums. So since I had two red bodies from different manufacturers, I decided to see 1) if either or both of them would craze, and 2) if either or both would bleed. The results: One bled, one crazed. The one that crazed didn't bleed, and the one that bled didn't craze. The morals of the story: 1) all kit styrene IS NOT CREATED EQUAL 2) red-bleed IS A REAL THING and not a myth as some insist 3) TEST FIRST.

Thing is, Scarlett, I don't give a diddly-squat.

I'm going make a mold of the original hood, then make fiberglass a copy and do essentially what you suggest to the copy, then make a mold of the modified copy, and then make another very thin copy of the modified hood in the second mold. Stay tuned. All will be revealed.

Models, models, models; we gotta limit the use of that word or we're gonna be inundated with the X-rated ads again.

Thanks for your interest and comments. The QC is in several of the old Revellogram show car hot-rods like the Paddy Wagon, Ice T, and Pie Wagon. It represents the big 301-series "champ car" Halibrand, and is larger than the model-A (101 series) and V8 (201 series). These kits are marked 1/24, and the unit may be a little bit on the big side, but it looks good. (not my model) There are a pair of beautiful 1/25 champ-car Halibrands in the Revell Tommy Ivo Showboat kit, and they're easier to use in a rod, as the axle bells are separate parts. I haven't measured any of the QCs to check the scale dimensions.

Aha!!! That explains it. The location tracker automatically assumes a local accent and autocorrects the spelling to match, further assuming the query is from a spelling-challenged common-core grad with a hillbilly background. Got it.

Guy sounds like a butt to me. You asked legit questions that you didn't feel his copy and photograph adequately addressed. How hard is it to answer "yes (or no), there is a black line around it" (or not) and "the decal is very opaque so it should look the same applied over any color" (or not)? Even if he felt his photo and description were "perfect" and self-explanatory, his response could have been polite. Courtesy costs nothing.

Just a little on the goofy dwerp narrator side, but overall pretty good...

You know a search engine has been programmed by idiots when you type in "pander" and you get dozens of cute pictures of pandas.

Two emus mewing would be two too many mewing to you.

Yeah, but when you do one this nice, it's really worth the effort.

School ain't what it used to were.

Fountain drinks available at lunch counters in drug stores are a thing of the past.

I bought one of these old AMT 1/25 Mako Sharks in kit form some time back to hack into an XP-87, but when this pre-assembled one popped up for almost nothing, I figgered I'd like to have a "stock" one too. The real XP-87 it's related to...

When you consider how ridiculously low the requirements are for getting a license in this country, the fact that laws against driving while on social-media are rarely enforced, and that being stupid is perfectly legal, should anyone really be surprised that so very few drivers are aware and competent?

Ever own a business? Or be responsible for running one at a profit? I have. New tooling for, for instance, a "modern" undercarriage, interior, and engine in an AMX, would be expensive...numbers bandied about being in the $200K range (probably more now). The corporate bean counters have to look at that, plus other expenses related to bringing the whole thing to market, and evaluate it in light of what they see as the number of potential buyers. EDIT: Don't forget the $700/hr lawyers who'll have to sort out the legal licensing issues, and then the license fees themselves. And when much of today's business activity is involved more with CYA than actively pursuing an unknown market, it's not surprising they might go with what they perceive as the "safe" route and just replicate old kits that already exist. There's also the perception that "serious modelers" can make something full-detail from a '60s level kit, but that an accurate rendition of all the greasy guts would be wasted on the majority of a market segment that increasingly doesn't know how to check its own oil, or what makes a car go, and would be just as happy riding with their girlfriend as driving. If it was up to ME to decide which way to jump, I'd have some serious thinking to do...even though I'd personally love to see tons of new "modern" kits of vintage subjects. It's obvious it's possible to be a tiny manufacturer and bring out newly-tooled kits, but it takes a certain can-do mindset AND the technical staff to make it happen...and those are pretty thin on the ground these days. EDIT 2: Read above. I already mentioned there are small companies that seem to be able to do it, like Salvinos. They probably CAN do it because they're not held back by overly cautious middle management, and just get the dammed job done with a minimum competent crew.

He was...ummmm...certainly a guy who gave his audience what they wanted.

Yup yup yup. And this is the kind of thinking that could bring the models of older vehicles up to today's expectations cost-effectively. Of course, where no decent pre-tooled chassis donors exist, you'd still have to do fresh tooling...more expensive (though intelligent utilization of current tech to design and cut tooling could save a large percentage of the cost of doing it the old way)...but I'd stand in line for hours in the rain listening to 100-decibel rap to get a few full-detail, accurate-engine-and-chassis AMX kits.

What...no phone app to do the dishes ??

Thank you sir. Space coal and ether indeed. I'm going to set aside some time to sit back and really enjoy this one. Thanks again.